Essays about: "Los Angeles"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 essays containing the words Los Angeles.

  1. 16. “To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lisa James; [2018]
    Keywords : Butler; human body; space; society; Contemporary America; literature; dystopia; Los Angeles; Southern California; ecology; global warming; sociopolitics; gender; stereotypes; race; ethnicity; stagnation; patriarchy; female voice; hysteria; feminist studies; social reform; movement; migration; nomadology; Octavia Butler; empathy; sympathy; Parable of the Sower; hyperempathy;

    Abstract : This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of theSower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of politicalopposition. READ MORE

  3. 17. Tensions and Synergies Between Tactical Urbanism and Social Sustainability : A Case Study of the Sunset Triangle Plaza

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Klara Bäckström; [2018]
    Keywords : social sustainability; public spaces; placemaking; tactical urbanism; social hållbarhet; offentliga rum; placemaking; tactical urbanism;

    Abstract : For the past several years, the term social sustainability has gained a strong foothold within urban studies and has become a pervasive and trendy term that seems to be on everyone’s lips. Public space is widely acknowledged as an important urban feature, often in association with the social sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 18. Tensions and Synergies Between Tactical Urbanism and Social Sustainability : A Case Study of the Sunset Triangle Plaza

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Klara Bäckström; [2018]
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    Abstract : For the past several years, the term ‘social sustainability’ has gained a strong foothold within urban studies and has now become a pervasive and trendy term that seems to be on everyone’s lips. ‘Public space’ is widely acknowledged as an important urban feature, often in association with the term ‘social sustainability’, and as cities around the world are experiencing rapid population growth, creating meaningful and enjoyable public spaces is more important than ever. READ MORE

  5. 19. Body Remains a Difference : Representation of Gender in Four Newspapers' Reporting on the 2016 Olympic Games

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Joel Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : language and gender; representation; media coverage; Olympic Games; modifiers;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how male and female athletes competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were portrayed in two British and two American newspapers (The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post). It also examines how the total amount of coverage was distributed between athletes of each gender. READ MORE

  6. 20. Shifting the Food System Paradigm - A Case Study of Food Purchasing in Los Angeles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Louise Klintner; Johan Fred; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainability; cross-sector collaborations; NGOs; sustainable food systems; coordination mechanisms; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Malnourishment, food insecurity, food swamps and obesity. These are only a few of the detrimental effects of the current food system, a product of industrialization and path dependence within unsustainable practices. READ MORE